William A. Smith The Estate of Nancy and John Mitchell
On-Site Auction
Friday, August 13, 10 am
145 South Puckerbrush Road
Reading, Vt.
603-675-2549
info@wsmithauction.com
www.wsmithauction.com
Preview: Day of Sale at 8:30 am
To aid in settling the estate of John and Nancy Mitchell, long-time friends and customers, we will sell from the grounds of their lovely VT country home the entire contents.
A traditional old fashion country auction with no internet bidding, please attend.
See Website For Lot Images And Details – Absentee Bids Accepted www.wsmithauction.com.
Terms: Cash, check or credit card. Buyers Premium in Effect. No Sales Tax
IN PART: Fed. Cherry two-part corner cupboard; Fed two-part banquet table; set of six step-down Windsor chairs; Fed. cherry four drawer chest; two Chippendale slantlid desks, one in figured maple;19th C. card table; diminutive 19th C. Queen Anne English silver chest; 19th C. inlaid five drawer chest; sev. 19th C. one & two drawer stands; 19th C. blanket boxes, one in old red; dbl. door mahogany bookcase; period chairs; country watering benches; burl wood flat top desk; period and centennial tea tables; antique hanging corner cupboard; 19th C. Fed. cherry grandfather clock, wood dial; queen and full size cannonball beds with carved and turned posts. Contemporary furnishings including; wing chairs; sofas; wicker patio furnishings; bookcases; pr. of reeded post twin beds (with canopies) cobbler’s bench; tavern tables; Windsor chairs (copies) and more…
ACCESSORIES: Miller Slag panel table lamp, sev. other slag panel lamps; student lamps; horse & sulky copper weathervane (20th C.); large iron roosters; Griswold #7 C/I Dutch oven; decorated toleware; tin ware; crimped tin candle sconces; several antique mirrors; flintlock rifle, other gun; homespuns; applique and other sewn textiles; school house clocks, other clocks; Hawkeye lightning rods; pond boat; large bear carving; school bell; scales; candle box; theorems; barn lanterns; candlesticks; primitive wood shovel; vintage telescope; maple syrup sign; champlevé lamp, Chinese porcelain vases (made into lamps); Deco floor lamps; other lamps; figural doorbell; pewter; several other country accessories and decorative pieces.
STERLING & JEWELRY: Large set of sterling flatware Louis XV pattern, many other pieces of sterling flatware and hollowware; estate jewelry includes many 14k gold pins, earrings and rings, nice pearl jewelry, etc.
ART: Oil, Giuseppe Signorini; Oil, cows, T.F. Wainewright; oil, portrait of Ezra Chase; oil, Meissonier; w/c, Michael Davidoff; W/C, English landscape, John Ingles; lg oil, signed A. Spencer; oil, landscape, Preston; several 19th C. primitive oil paintings, several with cows and landscapes; oil, Hudson River School; w/c, windmill, illegible signature; several antique etchings including; F.D. Roth, Geo. Bohde, Hedley Fitton, and more; sporting/ coaching prints by H. Alken and others; several other pieces of art.
ORIENTAL RUGS: Large antique pictorial room size; ivory field room size Kerman; Heriz style room sizes; scatter and prayer style rugs, approx. 20!
MISC.: items from the out buildings and yard including; three basin soapstone sink; horse hitching post; pineapple cast stone finials; outdoor patio furniture; Weber grill; Honda HS928 snowblower (tracks); Noma snow blower; wagon wheels; garden tools; yokes; ladders; doors; books; flat screen tvs; workshop tools and accessories; household related; and much more!
William A. Smith, Inc.
Auctioneers And Appraisers
Plainfield, New Hampshire 03781 – 603-675-2549
Nh License #2825– Vt #57-702 – Fl #Au-4814
– Offices –
Plainfield, NH – Greenwich, CT – Sarasota, FL – Phoenix, AZ
Auctioneers: William G. Smith and Leon Rogers
5 Church Hill Road / Newtown, CT 06470
Mon - Fri / 8:00 am - 5:01 pm
(203) 426-8036